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Letters Patent 1Y0. 64,608, dated Ilaj/ T, 1867.

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Be it known that I, JOHN W. VILCOX, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usetul improvement in Slides for Securing Envelopes, Sie.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usevthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top view of an envelope having my improved slide attached, showing the mode ot' securing an envelope with it.

Figure 2 is a bottom view ot' the flap of an envelope having my improved'slide attached, showing how the slide is fastened. i

Figure 3 is a bottom view of my improved slide detached.

Figure 4 is atop view of the same detached. l

Figure 5 is a section ot` the same, taken in the line a' x, fig. Ll.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of slides for securing envelopes, porte-monnaies, und other similar articles, which are fastened with a ribbon, tape, or band, requiring to be held in place inone direction, or laterally, while it may slide o1` move freely in the other direction, or longitudinally. The slide is a. thin metal plate of circular or other form, in the body of which are two parallel slots having a bar or rib of the metal left between them, which is an ordinary form of construction. My improvement consists in forming at each endof the slots spurs or projections of metal forfastening the slide to an envelope, porte-monnaie, 0r other article, by passing them through the paper or other material, and bending, folding, or clenching the spurs or projections on the under side. 'The common mode of fastening such slides is to rivet them upon the articles to which they arcapplied, which method of attachment is more laborious and costly, and not so neat and perfeet, as by my improved construction.

In the drawings, a is the plate or body of the slide, c c the slots, e the bar between the slots, and cl d the spurs or projections made on one side of the plate at the ends ofthe slots c c. The slide is made of any suitable metal, and may be east or cut out of plates or sheets, and formed et' any size or shape required. To attach the slides to an envelope, porte-monnaie, or other article, proper holes are pierced to receive the spurs or pro- -ieetions d d, or they are forced through the paper, leather, or other material, in order to be folded over'and clenched flat on the under side, as shown clearly in lig. 2. When thus fastened a ribbon, tape, or band is run through the slide in the usual way, passing` through the slots c e, under the bar c, for securing the article to which the slide is attached, as described, so that it cannot move laterally, but may slip or move freely, as desired, longitudinally.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, and the mode of applying it, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- Constructing a metal slide, a, with spurs or projections cl d at the ends ofthe slots c c, for securing envelopes, porte-monnaies, or other similar articles, formed and attached in the manner substantially as herein described.

The'labove specification ot' my invention signed by me this 5th day of October, 1866.

JOHN W. WILCOX.

Witnesses;

WM. F. McN..\.u.iaA, ALEX. F. Renners. 

